A 38-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested in Faridabad, Haryana, India for allegedly cheating multiple women of millions of crore by posing as a wealthy businessman on matrimonial websites and social media.
The accused, identified as Samuel Ogun, alias Stepney Derrick, allegedly created fake profiles to target women seeking marriage.
DCP (cybercrime) Shavya Goyal said he used attractive photographs and fabricated personal details to build trust, presenting himself as an international businessman based abroad.
After initiating contact, he would gradually draw victims into emotional relationships and promise marriage.
He would eventually send fake flight tickets and parcel receipts, telling victims that he was travelling to India to meet and marry them.
Police said he would later claim that his luggage or parcels had been detained by the customs department and required urgent payment for clearance.
Victims, convinced by the narrative, transferred large sums into multiple bank accounts. Losses in such cases ran into lakhs and crores.
In addition to the matrimonial scam, the accused is also suspected of cheating people by offering fake loan services with promises of quick approvals at low interest rates.
Ogun was arrested during investigations into two cases registered against the accused at Noida cybercrime police station.
In one case, a woman was cheated of nearly Rs 56 lakh, while another victim lost around Rs 1.3 crore.
Cases linked to the accused have also surfaced in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Police suspect that several similar frauds may have been carried out across different states.
On Thursday, March 19, 2026, a police team recovered five mobile phones, a laptop, a tablet, a Wi-Fi router, a dongle, several SIM cards, foreign currency, and multiple passports bearing different identities, along with forged documents from his Faridabad house.
Investigators said the accused used multiple fake identities and passports of different nationalities to evade detection.
When one identity became unusable, he allegedly travelled abroad to obtain another before returning to India.
Digital evidence, police said, indicated he maintained simultaneous contact with 15 to 16 women under different aliases.
Devices seized during the arrest have been sent for forensic examination for further leads.
